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Prof Debra Haak explains how and why can significant shifts in defining sex and gender in education and public policy alter human rights protections.
Professor Debra Haak’s article, “Shifts in how sex and gender identity are defined may alter human rights protections: Canadians deserve to know how and why,” is published in The Conversation.

Shifts in how sex and gender identity are defined may alter human rights protections: Canadians deserve to know how and why

April 11, 2024
Prof. Debra Haak explains how and why can significant shifts in defining sex and gender in education and public policy alter human rights protections
Professor Michael Pratt wrote a new book, “Termination and Rescission of Agreements for the Purchase and Sale of Land” (LexisNexis), as a resource for real estate lawyers judges, and students.
Professor Michael Pratt wrote a new book, “Termination and Rescission of Agreements for the Purchase and Sale of Land” (LexisNexis), as a resource for real estate lawyers judges, and students.

Pratt combines scholarship and practical insight on real estate law

March 19, 2024
Professor Michael Pratt wrote a new book, “Termination and Rescission of Agreements for the Purchase and Sale of Land” (LexisNexis), as a resource for real estate lawyers judges, and students.
Since the Robert Sutherland Fellowship in Law was established in 2015, Sutherland Fellows Alicia Elias-Roberts, Sarojini Persaud, Aleksandra Balyansnikova-Smith, and Aileen Editha have been making important research contributions to their respective areas of law through their PhD theses. (Photo of Elias-Roberts by Aneel Karim)
Since the Robert Sutherland Fellowship in Law was established in 2015, Sutherland Fellows Alicia Elias-Roberts, Sarojini Persaud, Aleksandra Balyansnikova-Smith, and Aileen Editha have been making important research contributions to their respective areas of law through their PhD theses. (Photo of Elias-Roberts by Aneel Karim)

Sutherland Fellowships commemorate key figure in Queen’s history

February 27, 2024
Since 2015, four PhD students have been awarded Robert Sutherland Fellowships in Law, named for Canada’s first Black lawyer and key early Queen’s University donor.
Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein explores the question of whether or not AI has the right to freedom of speech in U.S. law in this year’s Marcus-Matalon Lecture established by Stephen Marcus, Law’77, and Renee Matalon.
Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein explores the question of whether or not AI has the right to freedom of speech in U.S. law in this year’s Marcus-Matalon Lecture established by Stephen Marcus, Law’77, and Renee Matalon.

Does AI have the right to freedom of speech?

January 22, 2024
What Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein, one of America’s foremost legal scholars, had to say when he spoke to a Queen’s Law audience about AI and the right to freedom of speech may surprise you.